All 5 Uses of
deplore
in
The Magician's Nephew
- CHAPTER FIVE THE DEPLORABLE WORD THE children were facing one another across the pillar where the bell hung, still trembling, though it no longer gave out any note.†
Chpt 5
- She even knew that I had the secret of the Deplorable Word.†
Chpt 5
- Then I spoke the Deplorable Word.†
Chpt 5
- "Was it the Deplorable Word that made the sun like that?" asked Digory.†
Chpt 5
- as evil as the Deplorable Word
Chpt 15 *deplorable = strongly disapproved ofstandard suffix: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.
Definition:
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(deplore) strongly dislike or regret